randomness

[Tecknik]

Went to my first strip club last night.  Good times.  If you're ever in the Miami area, I recommend Tootsie's Cabaret.  It used to be a BJ's Wholesale.  Place is huge.  They even have a seperate sports bar and grill in the back called Knockers.

[Cyil]

OMG your that close to where I have my house in Melbourne and I'm in Germany...fuck my life...We could have fun

[Lithium]

The Rise and Fall of Jesse Pinkman.

Breaking Bad Aaron Paul on The Price is Right - As A Contestant

[Subb]

Oooh, likwid, dear fellow. The breast feeding nazis have found you...

[Tecknik]

I lol'd. She mad.

[likwidtek]

Man.  That got ugly.  Yeesh.

[Sared]

Should It Be Illegal For Woman To Go Topless In Public?

[Manic Velocity]

The Industrialization of MMOs

Theme park MMOs function exactly like theme parks elsewhere, like Disneyland. It’s a vast, mass market, fantasy rendering of an idealized world. Nothing is real, yet it feels exactly how you want it to feel and it idealizes reality in a way that alters our expectations of the real world. Talking mice, fairies, castles, and magic wands …all of these are features in the theme park alongside the side shows and thrill rides. They are there to entertain. As a collection they are designed to allow visitors to wander around all day in any manner they like: in groups, by themselves, and it even invites them to blend in and become invisible (costuming). Most importantly, theme parks aren’t designed for meeting new people or even for enjoying the attractions with them. That is incidental. Friends and family are only welcome insofar as they also pay an entry fee and the park would like their money. Interaction is not encouraged and not discouraged, but is an ever available option since you are constantly surrounded by people. Does this sound like any MMO you have ever played or heard of? It should.

Took the words right out of my mouth.  MMOs used to represent to me the first step in virtual reality.  The Rift is another step towards the ultimate goal of actually "jacking in", but MMOs as virtual worlds represented the foundation of that goal.  A way to get thousands of people together to live and share an idealized virtual existence that could be just as meaningful as meatspace.

But this "industrialization" bastardized that concept.  The idea of virtual worlds was replaced with the shovelware of virtual Disneylands.  How many parks can you visit before you start to notice that all of them only offer slight variations of the same rides?

[Da6onet]

Having been to Disneyworld I can say that Disney it a lot better than industrialized mmos.

[Sared]

Ragequit Facebook again. Long live G+!

[Tbone]

Long live G+!

...said no one ever.

[Sared]

Except I just did!  #YOLO

[Manic Velocity]

I can't believe Walt ended up as a lumberjack.

[Sared]

Oh fuck you, I just started season 2.

[Tbone]

I can't believe Walt ended up as a lumberjack.

I see what you did there.